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<h2>Import MERMAID Extraction Files</h2>

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    The Sentinel Toolbox supports the import of MERMAID (<b>MER</b>is <b>MA</b>tchup <b>I</b>n-situ <b>D</b>atabase)
    Extraction Files, which have become a very important data source for merged in-situ optical measurements with
    concurrent MERIS acquisitions.
    In general, these files follow the <a href="ImportCSV.html">SNAP CSV import</a> and the underlying
    <a href="CsvFileRules.html">rules</a>, with just a few exceptions (i.e. semicolon as separation character,
    special latitude/longitude column names).
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    A comprehensive description of the MERMAID project and details on the matchup extraction data format can be found
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<h4>Example: First few columns and rows of a valid MERMAID Extraction File</h4>

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        PROCESSING_VERSION;site;PI;lat_IS;lon_IS;TIME_IS;thetas_IS;PQC;MQC;chl_IS;
        MEGS_8.0;BOUSSOLE;DavidAntoine;43.367;7.9;20030907T130033Z;42.237999;P00000100;M110110101101111010;1.12E-01;
        MEGS_8.0;BOUSSOLE;DavidAntoine;43.367;7.9;20030908T100033Z;41.848999;P00000100;M110110101101111010;1.10E-01;
        MEGS_8.0;BOUSSOLE;DavidAntoine;43.367;7.9;20030910T101533Z;41.109001;P00000100;M110110101101111010;1.05E-01;
        MEGS_8.0;BOUSSOLE;DavidAntoine;43.367;7.9;20030911T110034Z;38.824001;P00000100;M110110101101111010;1.03E-01;
        MEGS_8.0;BOUSSOLE;DavidAntoine;43.367;7.9;20030914T100033Z;43.737999;P00000100;M110110101101111010;9.60E-02;
        MEGS_8.0;BOUSSOLE;DavidAntoine;43.367;7.9;20030916T101535Z;43.101002;P00000100;M110110101101111010;9.10E-02;
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